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Nature Notes: Tulips and Robins

two wet tulips
These two wet tulips are relaying the weather we have in New Jersey today.

pink petals dogwood
The pink petals of my neighbor’s dogwood are showing off.

robin in a tree
Yesterday I spotted this robin in a tree. Do you think he spotted me?

in the gray a robin and another bird
Today in the gray I saw two birds in a tree – the left bottom one is a robin. Can’t make out the right one – he’s so far off! Michelle suspects the one on the right is a “she” robin – the males have the brighter breast. Mating season?

We still have a bunny rabbit living in our backyard.

Eileen says

Lovely photos of the flowers and the birds. It is wonderful to seeing all the flowers blooming and hearing the birds singing.

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Carver says

I love the way the tulips look with raindrops on them. Also great shot of the robin redbreast.

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Andrea says

How so beautiful those yellow tulips are with those blue background flowers! I love them.

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Leora says

The blue ones are grape hyacinths.

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Andrea says

thanks Leora for commenting in my blog too. I figured those bluish flowers are grape hyacinths, which i personally saw only once yet.

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Crafty Green poet says

can we have some of your rain please? Lovely flowers and a very handsome robin

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Mrs. S. says

These two wet tulips are relaying the weather we have in New Jersey today.
I love the idea of flowers serving as weathermen! :-)

Chodesh tov u'mevorach!

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Caron says

Those tulips are gorgeous!

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Ilana-Davita says

A lovely series. I like the pink petals; a very artistic shot. As for the robin the way he is looking I don't think he spotted you, unless you had climbed that tree. :-)
We have some grape hyacinths too.

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Michelle says

Rain and more rain here...beautiful with the drops on the tulips. I think that is a pair of robins. The males have the brighter breast and they are getting together now...

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Leora says

Oh, so it *is* a girl robin. Makes sense, given their proximity.

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